Bev continued to be disabled by a dry cough from time to time, causing her to have to rush out of several papers, so she eventually mostly abandoned attendance and got on with preparing her own, which was delivered on Friday morning, after we'd heard from Carolyn Lawrence, author of the Roman Mysteries. Bev's paper was successfully delivered and generated 15 mins of useful questioning. She was kind enough to thank her "personal assistant" for support.
On 
Friday afternoon we went ruin-chasing, down to Carmarthen Castle which I'd discovered on Thursday when I picked up the hire car. We'd waited 3 hours for the bus in Carmarthen on
Friday afternoon we went ruin-chasing, down to Carmarthen Castle which I'd discovered on Thursday when I picked up the hire car. We'd waited 3 hours for the bus in Carmarthen on Sunday, 100 metres from the castle, and didn't realise it was there. Reaching its peak in about 1230, it was fought over several times before being abandoned in the 1600's.
On the way out of Carmarthen we investigated the Roman Amphitheatre, in amazing condition considering it was buried when discovered in 1928 during road-widening (which sliced off half of it).
Back in Lampeter we found our way up to a tiny lake above the town; Martin, one of the College porters, had earlier driven me up as well as driving around Lampeter. He'd lived in Manly for a year about 10 years ago
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